Vehicle-tire-locking device.



A. PACKARD VEHICLE TIRE LOCKING DEVICE.

APPLIOATIOE FILED MAY 20,1910.

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INVENTOR mm W a omaxaam ATTORNEY in is a specification.

' UNITED srnas PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT PACKARD, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 FREDJ.

MACK, OF JNDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

VEHICLE-TIRE-LOGKING DEVICE.

Application filed May 20, 1910. Serial No. 562,546.

To all whom itmay concern: l

Be it known that I, ALBERTPACKARD, a citizen of the United States, andaresident of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Tire-Locking Devices, of which the followy invention relates to de" icesfor supporting and locking vehicle tires, and the object of myimprovement is to provide a simple device to support and lock, on therunning board or other convenient position, the spare tires ordinarilycarried by motor vehicles. I attain these objects by means of the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-..

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device arranged to hold one tire;Fig. 2 is a view, in perspective showing the device arranged to hold twotires; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the device as illustrated inFig. 2; and, Fig. 4 is a similar View of the device as illustrated inFig. 1.

The base 5 is providedhwith the screw holes 6 by which it is secured tothe running board or other convenient place on a motor vehicle. Thecurved arms 7 are secured to or formed integral with said baseandpivotally connected at their outer ends to intermediate portions ofthe semi-circular supporting members 8 and 9, as at 10, to support thelatter. The inner end of the semi-circular member 8 is cut away to formthe tongue 11 and the inner end of the semicircular supporting member 9is slotted to form the prongs 12, so that said tongue will pass throughsaid slot to allow said semicircular supporting members to open andclose.

The spring lock 13, of any suitable design, is securedin the outer endof the semi-circular supporting member 8 and suitable catches 14 areformed on the outer end of the semicircular supporting member 9 toengage said lock to lock said members around the tire.

The device is arranged to support and lock two tires b opening thesemi-circular supporting mem ers 8 and 9 as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3,and adjusting the double semi-circular member 15 in position on theformer. Said double semi-circular member is provided, on its end portion16, with the groove 17 to engage and cover the catches Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

9 and a perforation ormed therethrough to receive the pin 23 to form astrong joint.

The semi-circular supporting members 8 and 9 are provided with the offsets 24 formed in their outer end portions to receive the projections-25and 26 formed on the double semi-circular member 15 when the device isused to accommodate two tires, and to form a recess for a vehicle fellywhen it is desired to carry a felly in the tire. The doublesemi-circular member 15 may also be provided with similar off setsformed in their upper curved portions, when so desired, withoutdeparting from. this invention.

The semi-circular supporting members 8 and 9 are formed with widesurfaces 27 at their central portions to furnish larger supportingsurfaces for the tires to be held.

To support and lock one tire, the semicircular supporting members' areopened, the tire placed between them and said mem-' bers closed aroundthe tire, which automatically locks the catches 14 in the spring lock13. Said lock is unlocked in the usual way with its key 28. To supportand lock two tires, the semi-circular supporting members 8 and 9areopened wide (Figs. 2 and 3) and such tires'placed, one in eachsemi-circular supporting member and the double semi-circular member 15locked .in position by placing the groove 17 over the catches 1 1,entering the pin 18 in the perforation 19 and lowering the end portion20 until the catches "21 engage and are locked in the spring lock 18.The tires are unlocked by unlocking the lock 13 in the usual manner andremoving the double semi-circular member-15 to free the tires.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the'kind described, the Y supporting members and ofsaid semi-circular supporting members adapted to engage said'lock, of adouble semicircular member adapted tobe secured at one of its ends tosaid catches and provided with other catches on its other end adapted toengage and lock in said lockto form a double annular support and lock,substantially as described. a

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with twosemi-circular supporting members pivotally mounted to close around andsupport a tire, a lock secured in one end of one of said semi-circularsupporting members and catches secured on one end of the other of saidsemi-circular supporting members adapted to engage and lock in saidlock, of a double semi-circular memher having one of its ends adapted tobe re movably secured to the end'of said semi-circular supporting memberprovided with said catches, its other end provided with otner catchesand adapted to be locked in said lock and its central portion havingears adapted to be removably secured to the other ends of saidsemi-circular supporting members to form a double annular support andlock.

.In witness whereof, I hereunto sign my name in the presence of twowitnesses.

F. J. MACK.

